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[ kon-duh-sen-ding ] / ˌkɒn dəˈsɛn dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR condescending ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshowing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality. Origin of condescendingFirst recorded in 1630–40; condescend + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR condescendingpatronizing, disdainful, supercilious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR condescending ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM condescendingcon·de·scend·ing·ly, adverbnon·con·de·scend·ing, adjectivenon·con·de·scend·ing·ly, adverbnon·con·de·scend·ing·ness, noun un·con·de·scend·ing, adjectiveun·con·de·scend·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby condescendingcondensed milk, condenser, condensing osteitis, condescend, condescendence, condescending, condescension, condign, condignity, Condillac, condiment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for condescendingAlthough Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously. Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST The document said Wright was condescending and had “resorted to name-calling,” though no examples were offered. Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Dovlatov hated Soviet oppression and battled repression subtly, by not condescending to notice it, and keeping things light. From Moscow to Queens, Down Sergei Dovlatov Way|Daniel Genis|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thorns support is for everyone, and there are no pastel colors or condescending cursive. Portland Is Ground Zero for the Best Women’s Soccer in the World|Evelyn Shoop|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cruz is more arrogant, having alienated even some Republican senators with his condescending put-downs. Marco Rubio, the Real Threat in 2016, Has Been Eclipsed by Ted Cruz|Peter Beinart|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST I found him very affable and condescending, and he was pleased to compliment me on my skill in barber-craft. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II|Alexander Huth From patronizing and condescending, the Third Estate, as all the world knows, speedily became aggressive and arbitrary. Caricature and Other Comic Art|James Parton. Miss Dacre yielded to the public voice, and acted to the life the gratified and condescending air of a first-rate performer. The Young Duke|Benjamin Disraeli It soon must have become clear to him that Handel was rapidly outgrowing any need of his condescending patronage. At such times he spoke of his antecedents in a lordly and condescending fashion which we found amusing. The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various
British Dictionary definitions for condescending
adjectiveshowing or implying condescension by stooping to the level of one's inferiors, esp in a patronizing way Derived forms of condescendingcondescendingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to condescendingsnooty, patronizing, arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, lofty, snobbish, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppity, uppish |